The Man From Nowhere, the English title for Won Bin‘s latest movie, Ajusshi, will be screening nationwide in the U.S. in the month of October, and now’s your chance to see it.

The gritty thriller premiered in Korea in August and was a hit at the box office. Won Bin has taken his darkest role to date as a man with a bleak life and a hidden past, who has shut himself off from all contact with the world with the exception of a neighbor girl with whom he bonds. When she’s kidnapped, he goes after her gangster captors to rescue her.

Here’s a great review of the film over at Twitchfilm (note: spoilers!).

nooo!! i’m like a couple hours away from austin but unfortunately, i’m stuck at school that day! and i was all excited to hear that won bin was coming to america (via a movie but still ^^) but now i must hear that won bin will only be visiting a select places…none that i can go to! TT^TT

::screams of agony:: DC I could get to by Metro – Gaithersburg on the 15th, not a chance in a million.

Color me angry that they are showing it on a screen in Gaithersburg instead of downtown at someplace like the Union Station 9 (not to insult anyone in the Rockville/Gaithersburg area, I have many fine friends there, it’s just NOT DC). On the upside, they are giving it 4 showings….none of which I can get to.

“Gaithersburg on the 15th, not a chance in a million.”
Especially since it’s on a Friday. If only they chose a closer theatre, I really want to see it but going through hours of DC traffic to get to Maryland is a little…

did they say anything about subtitles?
my korean friend took her american husband to watch Haeundae when it was showing in the US (at the Cupertino location), but he ended up watching it confused because there weren’t any subtitles….

Not to be picky…but neither of the Chicago locations are actually in Chicago. They are both in the outlining suburbs which sucks…but it’s not convient to get to either location using public transportation. But, there is a higher Korean American population in the outlining suburbs than the city so i can understand the decision…but i don’t like it

If you are in Los Angeles, you can see it now (with English subs). It’s playing at the CGV Theater on Western just a 1/2 block north of Wilshire on the west side of the street.

I checked it out this past Saturday, 10/3, and it is a well put together film. It is not for the faint of heart. If you don’t like violence in your films, this one will not be for you. Enjoy, I know I did.

aishhh… now i have to choose between skipping my choir rehearsal for ajusshi or skipping my choir rehearsal to meet JB & GF at the NY comic con…. i can’t afford to skip both… -_-” why do they have to be both on friday!!!

it could be. check out their website. i know that Atlanta they will be playing it for several days, not just that one day. it could be the same for NY. just make sure to look at the website for the dates and times.

oh, i’m such a terrible person! Hi, i can’t believe this, i couldn’t remember who you are. It’s been too long since we had that meet-up and haven’t been keeping in touch! I hope all is well! ^^
errr…you’re so right, we don’t know if there’s english subtitles. haha!

If there is an AMC theater chain in your area, you may want to check to see if it is being shown there.

I don’t know why it wasn’t listed. But, on the off-chance that it will show in the SF Bay Area, I checked all the AMC theaters in the area and found that it is showing at the Cupertino AMC theater, from Friday, Oct. 15th to Thursday, Oct. 21st.

The AMC website is a bit tricky to navigate. You won’t find it by the movie title, in Search.

Instead, check each AMC theater in your area. When you select a theater, it will bring up the “Local Theater Details” page. Then, change the date field to Oct. 15. That will bring up the events for that particular theater on that date. (This is how I found it.)